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Very funny. You hit the nail right on the head, as far as I'm concerned. If you need me, I'll be rearranging the cans in my cupboard by bar code sequence. It's my only joy. :D

I've certainly seen worse movies! It sure didn't resonate with me, but so what? Both of these actors have shown they are capable of amazing performances. Nobody bats 1.000. Yes, good to keep in mind also that it's not a documentary! :D I googled up "anorak", but I'm still puzzled...

I agree, the movie was not very good. But I will try to be fair in my criticism, and not let the fact that M. Night did not draw aliens that perfectly match my expectations temper my opinion. I have no idea what aliens should or shouldn't be capable of; nor what they should be vulnerable...

Nonsense. Every single one is defensible. They only assume our ignorance, which is indisputable. How do you know they chose to raid Earth? Maybe orbital dynamics chose Earth for them. How do you know they couldn't cope with water? Perhaps they couldn't cope with something inside the...

But...how do you know they planned to attack? For all we know, they were stunned to find intelligent life here. How do you know they even have a military or ever conceived the notion of military tactics or strategy? We know nothing about M. Night's imaginary aliens or real aliens...

But why should that be surprising? There is no reason to believe they had ever encountered liquid water. We have no idea what they knew about Earth when they launched, or even an hour before they landed! Why is a species that has "mastered interstellar travel" automatically assumed to...

Heh heh, maybe. But it seems unfair to criticize Signs simply because M. Night chose not to cater to our faulty imaginations when he "constructed" his aliens. We are sneering at him because his aliens are not like we expect them to be. In truth, though, real aliens are almost certainly...

Now, I don't think I would even bother to do that. Unless they asked for it. They seem to have made up their mind about this already. Shoot, why not. It's not like it's going to be lonely. :D While I wouldn't go so far as to automatically assume they're all fakes, I think being highly...

It wasn't that they couldn't...it was that they didn't know how. Doors (much less doorknobs) didn't exist on their planet. Having a hive mentality and living on a planet without any weather influences, they never needed to develop dwellings. Or rooms. Or doors. The interiors of their...

I vote for this video: Here is Barry Greenwoods write-up of the incident: Luke AFB UFO

What a fascinating question. For purposes of the discussion I am speculating that the fictional alien biology/environment could possibly leave the aliens unfamiliar with the effects of liquid water on their biology. In a nutshell, they wouldn't necessarily have been exposed to liquid water...

My vote is for the latter being less plausible! It is true that water is "abundant" in the universe...but liquid water? The jury is still out --- technically. What if the aliens were only vulnerable to fluorinated water? I'm just having fun here, this is just a movie. Mel Gibson...

I'd show it to anybody who wanted to see it. I would keep my speculations private, though.

Heh heh, the movie didn't "work" for me either, from a creative standpoint. But I don't think we would have to struggle with mainstream science to make a case that the aliens visit to earth might've constituted their first exposure to liquid water. For all we know, this was their first...

I think I see what you're saying, but for all practical purposes National Guard units are US Army Units. The only difference is whether they are acting under Federal authority (Iraq) or State authority (Katrina, other hurricanes). In a de facto sense, they're simply reserve units for the...

Of course, we need to see the article for context. My gut response is that military units have long been available for use within the U.S. for any purpose necessary. In other words, this would be nothing new. (Federal requirements for National Guard trump state-level requirements.) NATO...

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that she's switched from supporting Hillary to McCain? Many women (but not all!) have switched from supporting the Democrats to McCain simply because Hillary wasn't selected as VP on the Obama ticket. For months and months Hillary supporters were told...

Hmmm. Well, this is in the Wikipedia entry that Mike shared. It's from Wikipedia, so buyer beware.

On the face of it, it seems a little nonsensical. They will only get reports from the patients who didn't die. Don't get me wrong, the results will be interesting. But maybe near-death just temporarily attenuates our remote-viewing abilities. Then we become dust.

Actually, all of us sleep about one third of the day. That's not an opinion, that's a guess. Nonsense. Well golly jeepers I hope we don't wet our pants standing up to the mean Russians. After all, what do we know about standing up to Russians? At least we know we can count on...